EF34 Class 14

 

1/3 finished the course

 

radio call-in show- CBC 690am “Cross-Country Checkup”

-discussing Trump and Canada becoming the 51^st state

-watching kickboxing, a fighting style

Martial Arts- karate, tae kwon do, kung fu, ju jitsu, judo, boxing, aikido

 

-new two-story house- townhouse, townhome-

 

Friday afternoon – small earthquake, 1:26PM

 

-walking in the rain, felt good

 

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Quiz2- compound sentences

·      Continue verb tenses- simple verb tenses

“Simple present past future verb tenses EF34”

“Simple Past-Irregular Verb List” HANDOUT

Exercises

·      Continue dialogue “Filling Out an Application”

 

 

Tuesday

·      Attendance

·      Quiz2- compound sentences

Return, go over

Optional RW for bonus point

·      Continue verb tenses- simple past verb tense

Exercise 8 from homework

·      Continue dialogue “Filling Out an Application”

 

 

 

 

Wednesday

·      Continue verb tenses- simple future tense

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quiz2

Full name and class - EF3 or EF4

Devices away

Write a compound sentence for each.

Pass in by 9:55

1.    but    license

2.    so      angry

3.    and   together

4.    so      expensive

5.    and   exciting

6.    but    library

 

 

*SIMPLE PAST- one event in the past, finished

I went to work this morning. SIMPLE PAST

I go to work every day. SIMPLE PRESENT

 

She went to bed late/early/ at 10PM/at 2 AM yesterday. SIMPLE PAST

 

I do did my homework.

I eat ate my lunch.

She drives drove to work.

She cooked lunch.

COMMON ERROR

She was cook lunch. XXX

She cooked lunch.

 

PRONUNCIATION

REGULAR VERBS- SIMPLE PAST

cook      cooked ‘cookt’   cook-ed XXX one syllable, not two syllables

talk        talked  ‘tok’t’   She talked to her husband.

move    moved ‘move d’   He moved his car.

watch   watched   We watched the fireworks.

walk      walked   He walked around the park.

 

IRREGULAR VERBS- SIMPLE PAST

see   seed saw

drink   drinked drank The drank the orange juice.

 

PRESENT              PAST                      PARTICIPLE (not EF34)

drink                     drank                    drunk

see                        saw                        seen

go                          went

get                         got

pay                        paid

take                       took

buy                        bought

teach                     taught

eat                         ate

find                        found

think                     thought

say                         said

 

 

“Irregular Verb List”

-difficult to remember, a lot to remember

Step-by-step

 

break/broke

SIMPLE PRESENT

We break glasses sometimes.

She breaks her sunglasses every year.

The kid breaks his phone screen all the time.

 

SIMPLE PAST- once in the past

He broke his car mirror yesterday.

She broke her sunglasses last month.

I broke my phone last night.

I broke my phone a minute ago/five minutes ago/two hours ago.

He broke his girlfriend’s heart a few days ago.

I broke my bike last week / two years ago.

*Putting in the time is very helpful for clarity.

You broke your promise to me.

My son broke the neighbour’s window on Saturday.

He broke his arm last week.  break the bone, in a cast

The kid broke his collar-bone.

 

get/got

She got a concussion. She hit her head.

I got a new phone for my birthday.

He got a phone call from his mom/daughter.

Mei got her driver’s licence.

The rain got heavy.

I got my Permanent Resident status last week.

My wife got a scholarship at UBC.   $$$ for school

She got a full/partial scholarship.

grant, bursary, scholarship- $$ for a purpose like school

My son got many gifts this Christmas.

I got a new job.

I got a headache listening to you. JOKE

She got a new puppy/kitten.

He got a new place/apartment/house.

I got a new idea.

She got made a new friend.

 

make/made

She made some new friends in the class.

I made a big mess yesterday in the kitchen.

She made a vanilla-flavoured cake yesterday.

She baked a cake.

We made some mistakes on the quiz.

I made a big decison.

She made pasta/rice/soup/chicken for dinner.

She made Iranian food/ a Chinese dish/ Italian cuisine.

She made Mexican tacos for her birthday party.

He made an appointment with my family doctor.

My friend and I made a plan to go on an outing this weekend.

She made her bed this morning.

 

REGULAR travel/traveled

He traveled to Europe last year.

 

 

shut   shut

He shut the door at 10am.

She shut her mouth.

Shut your mouth. SIMPLE PRESENT- Imperative sentence

 

She shut the window last night.

He shut the light off after he finished his work.

She shut off her laptop.

She closed the light. She opened the light.  turn on  turn off  switch on-off   shut off

 

Try Exercise 8 for homework

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW

 

 

 

***Dialogue “Filling Out an Application”

Small chat groups

A.Warm-Up Questions

 

B. Vocab Preview